Green winged teal duck

Teal season is in full swing across much of the U.S., and hunters in several areas got the added bonus of an extra bird or two in the daily bag limit. Hopefully, if your early-season shooting is on, that means plenty of teal for the grill. If you're lucky enough to limit out, here are three great teal recipes to try this month.

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca).

Anas Crecca, Common Teal, Eurasian Green-winged Teal. Tiny duck found in sheltered wetlands and breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter. Forages by dabbling and tipping-up to reach submerged aquatic vegetation. In the breeding season it eats mainly aquatic invertebrates, such as crustaceans, insects and their larvae, molluscs and worms. In winter, it shifts to a largely granivorous diet, feeding on seeds of aquatic plants and grasses, including sedges and grains.

2018 Photograph, Male Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca, Duck Family Anatidae), Huntley Meadows, Alexandria, Virginia. © 2018.

Green-winged Teal Duck (Anas crecca) Europe, Asia

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Green-winged Teal, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA, 12/22/2021.

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Teal Duck

Estero Llano Grande State Park, South Texas

Here's a stunner to start your day. A beautiful male Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) flying above a marsh in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Anas crecca: the smallest of the North American dabbling ducks.

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

Common Teal male

Tiny duck with a petite, thin bill. Males have a brown head with a wide green swatch behind the eye, creamy speckled breast, and mostly gray body. Females are brown, darker overall than other dabbling ducks. Forages by dabbling and tipping-up to reach submerged aquatic vegetation. Also regularly walks around mudflats to feed.